STATUTORY RULES.
1911. No. 143.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1910.
Financial and Allowance Regulations (Provisional) for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth—Amendment to Regulation 152—Compensation for Injuries received or Disease Contracted on Duty.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1910 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this twentieth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.
DENMAN,
Governor- General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
Financial and Allowance Regulations (Provisional) for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
Amendment.
At the end of Regulation 152 add—
“In cases in which an injury is not reported to the District Commandant within the limits of the time prescribed by this Regulation, and the Government is subsequently called upon to pay compensation in connexion with such injury, the amount so paid by the Government may be made a charge against the officer or soldier responsible for the neglect of duty in failing to report the injury.”
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